More collaboration on sea lion colony on Roca Consag in the #Vaquita Refuge: @pescaabc & @todoscicese will monitor population by citizen science, raise community awareness to reduce gillnet entanglement, & conduct disentanglement campaigns & training.

https://x.com/todoscicese/status/1995582649168261594?s=20

https://radanoticias.info/desarrollan-investigacion-sobre-lobos-marinos-de-california/

Sea Lion Conservation Collaboration

Growing market demand for #vaquita safe seafood is the pathway to sustaining Upper Gulf community support for vaquita population recovery. Our partners @pescaabc & @PronaturaNoroes 👋 are seeking new business partnerships at the 5th Fisheries Summit in Yucatan. 

https://x.com/CausaNatura/status/1996677295390838818?t=jORF7N9Uj5ZMvBkB1zfuOw&s=19

Our partners @PronaturaNoroes & @pescaabc proud to see supporters of growing markets for #vaquita safe seafood today at the 5th Latin American Sustainable Fisheries & Aquaculture Summit 

https://x.com/NotiPesca/status/1996339351589142934?t=gOE47XG2FEhExLKbwUYP8w&s=19

San Felipe mayor's tourist visa to enter the US has been revoked; he has "initiated a process to determine the specific reasons for the decision."

https://x.com/ZETATijuana/status/1996456030658572787?t=Mv_IaVl6M-P3E1wXmT3lXw&s=19

1/2 Huge congrats to Daniel Shailer @danswimsMCS for winning one of the 2025 National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications, in part for his @hakaimagazine (now @bioGraphic) article "The Poachers Who Could Save Mexico's #Vaquita" ⬇️

https://x.com/danswimsMCS/status/1981387254992933086?s=20

2/2 Vaquita have long been collateral damage for Mexico’s totoaba fishers, but conservationists believe there’s a solution. The only hitch? It’s illegal. https://hakaimagazine.com/features/the-poachers-who-could-save-mexicos-vaquita/

Science Communication Award for Vaquita Article

Lorenzo Rojas-Bracho @CITES #CITESCOP20 interview @cnni @nellylew "It’s a vicious circle. To save the #vaquita, you need to eliminate bycatch, & to eliminate bycatch, you have to eliminate the gillnet. While alternative gear has been developed, there's no incentive for fishers to

use it, because it's generally more expensive & less efficient, & ban on gillnets is poorly policed."
Hope but need act fast @Claudiashein political will ⬇️
“You have to support the communities, & the communities have to support you to reach an agreement."
https://www.cnn.com/science/vaquita-extinction-illegal-fishing-c2e-spc

Save Vaquita: Overcoming Gillnets

Editorial #vaquita cartoons @Excelsior @visoor #Llera after #CITESCOP20- so true that every gillnet used, every day, could spell disaster, but @CITES success in compelling Mexico's serious effort to solve this problem is an extraordinary process given legal limits of this treaty.

1/3 Highlights of statements by Switzerland & UK @CITES #CITESCOP20 during the discussion in Samarkand today which agreed by consensus in Committee II the amended Decisions jointly proposed by the Mexico & the US on #vaquita #totoaba

https://x.com/ernesto_mendez/status/1994323821860438511?t=hR3lAqadzod5FZYdNwVfLg&s=19

2/3 🇨🇭: 🇲🇽 has achieved all of its action plan except "the central issues" (alternative gear, effective gillnet policy, 🛑 organized crime).
"Areas with complete or partial prohibition of fishing must be expanded where there is evidence of vaquita presence. This must happen now."

3/3 🇬🇧 "recognizes importance of 🇲🇽 narrative on meaningful collaboration with communities to ensure successful transition to sustainable fisheries & implement action plan. To support shared objective of saving the #vaquita & livelihoods see CIRVA report."
https://iucn-csg.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Final-CIRVA_12_Report.pdf

CITES COP20: Switzerland & UK Statements

CAT loving😻the crowded room today at #CITESCOP20 for Mexico's side event on #vaquita porpoise recovery with @SEMARNAT_mx video featuring our partners @PronaturaNoroes & @pescaabc working on building a sustainable Upper Gulf fishing economy & a community engaged in conservation.

https://x.com/mroblesg/status/1994044686361870816?s=20

For #ThankfulThursday a Gemini illustration of the #vaquita porpoise named after artist Frida Kahlo. She appears to be pregnant again in September 2025 drone footage @FabianRguez94. No exaggerating how critical this mother is to the survival of her species 🙏

https://x.com/Milenio/status/1993182062694564109?t=Cno5Q5GVp6Dr7kKkpyRNbA&s=19